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1. For which special programme did NABARD entered into collaboration with German government

in April 2016?

a) Hybrid Variety Yeilding

b) Food Processing and Supply

c) Soil Erosion and Food Production

d) Soil Protection and Rehabilitation for Food Security

e) None

Ans:D

2. Which country has decided to create regional centre to deradicalise people and prevent

them from joining the militant group?

(a) USA

(b) Russia

(c) Israel

(d) France

(e) China

Ans:d

3. The union govt. is planning to create a new ministry to manage crises situation and

communal harmony named ministry of

(a) Pacific Settlement

(b) Peace

(c) Negotiation

(d) Cooperation

(e) None of these

Ans:b

4. Till now how many times direct tax details has been published by the CBDT in India.

a) 1


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2) 2

c) 3

d) 4

e) 5

Ans:A

5. Which mobile app has been launched to inform traders, exporters and importers about Customs

Rules

of India?

a) Indian Customs- Guide to Business People

b) Indian Customs- Guide to Travellers

c) Indian Customs- Guide to Finance

d) Indian Customs- Guide to Tourism

e) None

Ans:B

6. Consider the following

i. Union Health Minister has launched the centre for Environmental Health to assess the impact

of environment related problems on health

ii. It is a joint venture of TISS & PHFI

iii. It was launched from BBSR

Which is/are true?

(a) i, ii, iii

(b) i & ii

(c) i & iii

(d) ii & iii

(e) Only i

Ans:b

7. President of India launched the intelligent operation centre and a mobile application named

what for transformation of Presidents estate into a smart township

(a) PAHAL


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(b) MONITOR

(c) SUVIDHA

(d) SAHAYA

(e) SAHAJ

Ans:b

7. Name the organisation that in its April 2016 Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and the Pacific

forecast retained Indias growth rate at 7.5 percent for the year 2016.

a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

b) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

c) World Bank

d) Moodys Analytics

e) None

Ans:B

8. Name the bank of India that has planned to introduce a performance management system for its

1.70 lakh employees to build individual accountability.

a) State Bank of India

b) Punjab National Bank

c) HDFC

d) Yes Bank

e) None

Ans:A

9. Name the orgnisation whose new report claims that some 75 million school age children in crisisareas around the world are in desperate need of educational support.

a) UNICEF

b) UNESCO

c) WHO

d) World Children's Fund

e) None

Ans:A


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10. The High Court of Punjab and Haryana has stayed the operation of reservation for which

community passed by the state Assembly in Haryana

(a) Gujjar

(b) Jats

(c) Patel

(d) Bhumehar

(e) Rathor

Ans:b

11. The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of how many new IITs in the country

(a) 4

(b) 5

(c) 8

(d) 10

(e) 12

Ans:b

12. Kim Jong Un who was elected as the head of which countrys ruling workers party

(a) China

(b) North Korea

(c) South Korea

(d) China

(e) Cuba

Ans:b

13. Which country has accused India of plotting to topple its govt. recently?

(a) Pakistan

(b) Afghanistan

(c) Bhutan

(d)Nepal


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(e) Sri Lanka

Ans:d

14. As per union road transport ministry report which state lead the road accident cases

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Odisha

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Bihar

(e) Delhi

Ans:c

15. Kerala-IMA (Indian Medical Association) has recently partenered with which international

organisation to promote safe health practices?

a) UNICEF

b) IMF

c) UNCTAD

d) FAO

e) None

Ans:A

16. Identify the endangered asiatic species which were spotted in the nature reserve in northwest

China's Gansu Province ant stood in news in the last week of April 2016.

a) Wild Bore

b) White Peocock

c) Wild dogs

d) None of these

E) None

Ans:C

17. Identify the two Indian Naval Ships which were decommissioned by Indian Navy in the Naval

Dockyard, Mumbai on 28 April 2016.

a) Veer and Vishal


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b) Nipat and Vikut

c) Veer and Nipat

d) Vishal and Vikut

e) None

Ans:C

18. Which is wrong in the place where new IIT will be established as per central govt. decision?

(a) Kochi (Kerala)

(b) Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)

(c) Dharwar (Karnataka)

(d)Bhillai (Chhattisgarh)

(e) Jammu (J & K)

Ans:a

19. The Union HRD Ministry has decided to launch which programme for tracking students

(a)ASPIRE

(b) ASMITA

(c) SAHYOG

(d) SAHAYA

(e) None of these

Ans:b

20. The Union Railway Ministry has launched the Rail Humsafar Saptaha starting from

(a) 25thMay

(b) 26th

May

(c) 27thMay

(d) 28thMay

(e) 30thMay

Ans:b

21. The Union HRD Ministry has launched the multilingual knowledge portal known as


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(a)Indiaknow

(b) KnowIndia

(c)Bharatvani

(d) Jibavarat

(e)None of these

Ans:c

22. The Union Surface Transport Minister has launch a series of Nirvaya Buses with IT

enabled safety measures in which state

(a)Delhi

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Gujarat

(d) Bihar

(e) Uttar Pradesh

Ans:b

23. DRDO has successfully tested an advance version of the Air Defence Supersonic Ballistic

missile named

(a) Akash

(b) Agni

(c) Prithvi

(d) Aswini

(e) Aviator

Ans:d

24. The centrally launched Income Declaration Scheme 2016 to declare black money will be

implemented from

(a) 1stApril 2017

(b) 1stJanuary 2017

(c) 1stJuly 2016

(d)1stJune 2016


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(e) None of these

Ans:d

25. A six day Global Conference envisioned on economic empowerment of women to foster

leadership and entrepreneurship was held recently in

(a)Mumbai

(b) New Delhi

(c) Hyderabad

(d) Kolkata

(e) Bhubaneswar

Ans:b

26. India and USA held their first Maritime Security Dialogue recently in

(a)New Delhi

(b) Washington

(c) New York

(d) Mumbai

(e) Davas

Ans:a

27. A 10 days session of the UN climate body to discuss further step on Paris climate

agreement was held recently at

(a)Brazil

(b) Bonn

(c)New York

(d) Geneva

(e)Tokyo

Ans:b

28. India own an oil due worth $ 6.5 billion to which country for which oil supply has been

disrupted

(a)Saudi Arab

(b) Kuwait


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(c) Iran

(d) Iraq

(e) Russia

Ans:c

29. Which country has successfully launched Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite to sun

synchronies orbit recently

(a)Japan

(b) North Korea

(c)China

(d) Myanmar

(e) Singapore

Ans:c

30. UNICEF has launched the Emergency Lesson Campaign on education in the crises zone in

association with

(a) IMF

(b) World Bank

(c) G-7

(d) EU

(e) UNO

Ans:d

31. The new National Capital Goods Policy 2016 aim at increasing production of capital goodsto the value of Rs. 750000 cr. by which year

(a)2017

(b) 2019

(c)2020

(d) 2022

(e) 2025

Ans:e


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32. The Indian Institute of Mines located at which place will be upgraded to an IIT

(a) Dhanbad

(b) Patna

(c) Kochi

(d) Cuttack

(e) Ranchi

Ans:a

33. The National Green Tribunal has banned the diesel light & heavy vehicle of more than 10yr

old in 6 major cities in

(a) Goa

(b) Kerala

(c) Delhi

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Odisha

Ans:b

34. The NGT has imposed a hefty fine of Rs. 50 lakh on which Railway zone for violating

environment law?

(a)East-Coast

(b) South-West

(c) South-Central

(d) Central

(e) None of these

Ans:a

35. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana isrelated to

(a) Electricity reform

(b) LED lighting

(c) Free LPG to poor

(d) Reform in Discom


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(e) All of these

Ans:c

36. Which of the following organisation has the first to introduce the IPR law into an international

trading system.

a) WTO

b) ADB

c) UN

d) OECD

e) None

Ans:A

37. RBI will issue INR 1000 bank notes with the inset letter of ----------

a) R

b) A

c) H

d) S

e) V

Ans:A

38. How many animals and plants species have been categorised as endangered by the IUCN.

a) 37

b) 34

c) 35

d) 36

e) 49

Ans:D

39. Which indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence interceptor missile was test fired from the

complex of Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast?

a) Ashwin

b) Prithvi-II


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c) Agni-I

d) Akash

e) None

Ans:A

40. Which four minute documentary film on girl child education from India has been invited for

special screening at the 42nd Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), Washington DC?

a) Atmaja

b) Beti

c) Kanya

d) Duhit

e) None

Ans:B

41. In which European country the USA launched a new ground-based missile defense system?

a) Romania

b) Poland

c) France

d) Bulgaria

e) None

Ans:A

42. Who has been honoured with the IAF hall of fame award 2016.

a) K Leonard

b) R Joseph

c) M K Chandrashekar

d) Udipi Ramachandra Rao

e) None

Ans:D

43. Who has won the award at UN poster contest on Nuclear disarmament recently.

a) Y S Vishwajeet


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b) Vinod Tambe

c) Ajay Parasker

d) Anjali Chandrasekar

e) None

Ans:D

44. What is current reservation limit in Haryana

a) 50%

b) 47%

c) 49%

d) 48%

e) None

Ans:B

45. Acting speaker of the lower house of Brazilian congress has annulled last months vote in

impeachment. Who is the impeachment process against.

a) Deputy PM

b) vice president

c) PM

d) President

e) None

Ans:D

46. The Union Government decided to replace 5-year plans with 15-year vision documents which for

the first time will include

a) Communal peace

b) Regional Development

c) Internal Security & Defence

d) Climate Change

e) None

Ans:C


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47. Which Indian Justice was appointed as deputy chairman of FIFAs Governance Committee in May

2016?

a) Jagdish Sharan Verma

b) P. Sathasivam

c) Mukul Mudgal

d) Altamas Kabir

e) None

Ans:C

48. Which state reported highest number of death due to road accident cases in 2015?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Odisha

Ans:c

49. Curfew has been imposed in which state capital due to mob violence & killing recently

(a) Imphal

(b) Ittanagar

(c) Kohima

(d) Dispur

(e) None of these

Ans:a

50. Govt. has started issuing which number for the budding entrepreneurs

(a) PAN

(b) SRIN

(c) TIN

(d) UBIN


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(e) Aadhar

Ans:d

51. What is Indian rank in the Crony capitalism nations?

(a) 10

(b) 9

(c) 8

(d) 7

(e) 6

Ans:b

52. Central govt. is planning to extend the DBT scheme to which sector recently

(a) PDS

(b) Agriculture

(c) Health Care

(d) Social Security

(e) Banking

Ans:c

53. The collegiums to appoint judges to higher judiciary is headed by

(a) President

(b) Prime Minister

(c) Law Minister

(d) CJI

(e) None of these

Ans:d

54. Which High Court has upheld the ban on the slaughter of bulls and bullock?

(a) Allahabad

(b) Patna

(c) Bombay


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(d) Delhi

(e) None of these

Ans:c

55. Central govt. has recently released Rs. 9367 cr. to draught hit states under

(a) MGMREGA

(b) IAY

(c) PMGAI

(d) Smart City

(e) Swachha Bharat

Ans:a

56. Asias first Rice Technology part will be established in which state

(a) Odisha

(b) Gujarat

(c) Karnataka

(d) Bihar

(e) Andhra Pradesh

Ans:c

57. Which state govt. has granted minority status to the Jain recently?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Gujarat

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Bihar

(e) Rajasthan

Ans:b

58. Which will be Indias single emergency number from 1st June 2016?

(a) 110

(b) 100


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(c) 112

(d) 120

(e) 115

Ans:c

59. Union govt. has approved Infosys proposal to establish a SEZ in IT/ITes sector in

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Gujarat

(c) Bihar

(d) Odisha

(e) Karnataka

Ans:e

60. The Heads Together Campaign on mental health was launched for the mentally retarded in

which country

(a) USA

(b) UK

(c) India

(d) EU

(e) Brazil

Ans:b

61. India has signed a revised agreement on Taxation & Black Money recently with which country

(a)USA

(b) Switzerland

(c) Mauritius

(d) Panama

(e) None of these

Ans:c


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62. How many Indian Peace Keepers have been selected for the UN Dag Hammarskjold Medal

2016 for their courage and sacrifice

(a) 3

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 7

(e) 10

Ans:b

63. Supreme Court of India has upheld law on defamation under section 499 & 500 of

(a) IPC

(b) CPC

(c) CVPC

(d) Legal Advisory

(e) PIC

Ans:a

64. The central govt has decided to scrap five year plan from which year in the country

(a) 2017

(b) 2018

(c) 2019

(d) 2020

(e) 2022

Ans:a

65. The new prospective plan will replace five year plans with emphasis on

(a) Infrastructure

(b) Accountability

(c) Monitoring

(d) Sustainable Development

(e) All of these


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Ans:e

66. As per WHO report on level of pollution Zabol city in which country is at the top with

most dirty air

(a)USA

(b) Iran

(c) Iraq

(d) Afghanistan

(e) Syria

Ans:b

67. How many Indian cities have been included in the top 5 most poll uting air quality in theworld

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

(e) 5

Ans:c

68. The Sembastha Declaration has been signed between India and which country recently

(a) USA

(b) Japan

(c) Sri Lanka

(d)China

(e) Indonesia

Ans:c

69. Creative India : Innovative Indiais the tag line of which policy declared by the union govt.

of India recently

(a) Bankruptcy policy

(b) IPR policy

(c) Education policy


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(d) Health policy

(e) Industrial policy

Ans:b

70. Indian post has enhanced its service to Hi-tech by launching which programme

(a) Gagan

(b) Bhuvan

(c) Global

(d) Maitree

(e) None of these

Ans:b

71. Which country has shown interest in partnering India in developing of the Chabahar port in

Iran?

(a) USA

(b) Russia

(c) Japan

(d) China

(e) France

Ans:c

72. USA has expressed its support to India to be a member of which group which is being

opposed by Pakistan & China

(a) IAEA

(b) UNSC

(c) ILO

(d) NSG

(e) WHO

Ans:d

73. India has signed the 21st century nuclear agreement to promote the bilateral

neighbourhood relationship with which country recently

(a) Pakistan


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(b) Sri Lanka

(c) Nepal

(d) Bangladesh

(e) Bhutan

Ans:d

74. Consider the following

i. BJP came to power in Assam assembly election

ii. TMC retained power is West Bengal

iii. AIADMK won election in Tamil Nadu

iv. CPI won the election is Kerala

Which is/are true?

(a) i & ii

(b) i, ii, iii

(c) ii & iii

(d)ii, iii & iv

(e) All of these

Ans:b

75. The union govt. has constituted a 5 member committee to review the FRBM Act under the

chairmanship of

(a)C. Rangarajan

(b) Raghuram Rajan

(c) Arun Jaitley

(d) N.K. Singh

(e) S.G. Mundra

Ans:d

76. Which metro rail in India conducted the trial run of Indias first ever driverless train?

(a)Kolkata


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(b) Delhi

(c) Mumbai

(d) Chennai

(e) Bengaluru

Ans:b

77. The Green Passage Scheme for the higher education of orphan students was launched by

which state govt.

(a)Gujarat

(b) Maharashtra

(c)Delhi

(d) Odisha

(e)Uttar Pradesh

Ans:d

78. The Income Tax department has launched an electronic grievance redressal system to fact

track taxpayers grievances named

(a)e-Sahaya

(b) e-Nirvan

(c) e-Nirman

(d) e-Sahajog

(e) None of these

Ans:b

79. USA Parliamentarians seek to extend non-NATO ally status to which country recently

(a)Pakistan

(b) Syria

(c)India

(d) China

(e) Temin

Ans:c


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80. As per WHO life expectancy report life expectancy since 2000 has increased by

(a) 2 yrs

(b) 3 yrs

(c) 5 yrs

(d) 7 yrs

(e) 9 yrs

Ans:c

81. A two-day International Buddhist Conference to remember 2560thbirth anniversary of

Buddha was held recently in

(a) India

(b) China

(c) Japan

(d) Nepal

(e) Indonesia

Ans:d

82. The first ever World Tourism Conference for Development by UNWTO was held recently in

(a)New Delhi

(b) New York

(c) London

(d) Beijing

(e) Lasha

Ans:d

83. The worlds largest single rooftop Solar Power Plant of 11.5 mw capacity was inaugurated

in which state of India

(a) Gujarat

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Punjab


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(e) Haryana

Ans:d

84. Capital market regulator SEBI has tighten norms to curb black money inflow to India in which

form by making KYC norm mandatory?

(a) FDI

(b) FII

(c) FPI

(d) P-Notes

(e) All of these

Ans:d

85. Which public sector bank has reported largest loss of Rs. 5300 cr. recently?

(a) SBI

(b) PNB

(c) UCO

(d) Syndicate Bank

(e) PSB

Ans:b

86. SBI Indias largest lender has decided to merg its associate/subsidiary bank with itself

numbering

(a) 8

(b) 7

(c) 5

(d) 5

(e) 4

Ans:d

87. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved railway project worth what

amount for improving infrastructure in various states

(a) Rs. 21000 cr.

(b) Rs. 18000 cr.


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(c) Rs. 13000 cr.

(d) Rs. 11000 cr.

(e) None of these

Ans:d

88. What is the new name of the Dept. of Empowerment of person with disability at the union

level?

(a) Differently Abled

(b) Divyangjan

(c) Sakhyam

(d) Sahajog

(e) None of these

Ans:b

89. President of India Pranab Mukherjee has advocated a 8 step approach to resolve the

disputed with which neighbouring country during his recent visit

(a) Pakistan

(b) Myanmar

(c) China

(d) Nepal

(e) Sri Lanka

Ans:c

90. The Union govt. has cancelled all defence contract with Finmeccanica company from

which country

(a)France

(b) USA

(c) Russia

(d) Italy

(e) Israel

Ans:d

91. Which country is planning to establish rail link to India


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(a) Nepal

(b) Pakistan

(c) Bangladesh

(d) China

(e) None of these

Ans:d

92. China has signed agreement to establish 600 mw atomic power plant in which African

country

(a) Sudan

(b) Somalia

(c) Nigeria

(d)South Africa

(e) Congo

Ans:a

93. What is Indian rank in e-waste generation in the world?

(a) 4th

(b) 5th

(c) 3rd

(d) 7th

(e) 8Th

Ans:b

94. Which international institution has launched the Pandemic Emergency Finance Facility to help

countries and health agencies fight outbreak of deadly diseases

(a) IMF

(b) World Bank

(c) ADB

(d) European Central Bank

(e) None of these


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Ans:b

95. As per the report of World Steel Association what is Indian rank in world steel production in

2015

(a) 2

nd

(b) 3rd

(c) 4th

(d) 5th

(e) 6Th

Ans:b

96. Which country has opened the worlds first functioning 3-D printed office building

(a) UAE

(b) USA

(c) Dubai

(d) Italy

(e) Israel

Ans:c

97. Which bank has got govt. permission to increase FDI limit to 74%?

(a) ICICI

(b) HDFC

(c) AXIS

(d) YES Bank

(e) IDFC Bank

Ans:d

98. Name the first south Indian Metro Rail to inaugurate underground corridor on 30 April 2016.

a) Hyderabad Metro

b) Namma Metro

c) Kochi Metro

d) Amravati Metro


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e) None

Ans:B

99. Who is a womens rights activist who won the prestigious Mandela - Graa Machel Innovation

Award

2016 on 28 April 2016?

a) Malala Yousafzai

b) Tabassum Adnan

c) Rosa Parks

d) None of these

e) None

Ans:B

100. Who among the following has been recently conferred with the prestigious Edger A Poe award.

a) Parupalli Kashyap

b)Baichang Bhutia

c) Raghuram Rajan

d) Neela Banerjee

e) None

Ans:D

101. Which bureaucrat has been recently selected for Japans highest civilian award.

a) Vilas A Tonapi

b) NK Singh

c) Arnab Mitra

d) T V Vijaya

e) None

Ans:B

102. Identify the state in which National LED programme UJALA was launched by Union Power

Minister Piyush Goyal on 30 April 2016

a) Madhya Pradesh


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b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Arunachal Pradesh

d) Jammu & Kashmir

e) None

Ans:A

103. which of the following Indian government is setting up a spices park.

a) kerala

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Telangana

d) Karnataka

e) None

Ans:C

104. which of the following state government has introduced the mobile app Adi Praman.

a) Maharashtra

b) Haryana

c) Uttarkhand

d) Uttar Pradesh

e) None

Ans:A

105. which city has been recently declared as a Smoke free city.

a) Patna

b) Kohima

c) Bhubaneshwar

d) Kochi

e) None

Ans:B

106. Which Indian will address joint session of United states congress.


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a) Narendra Modi

b) Sushma Swaraj

c) Pranab Mukherjee

d) Arun Jaitley

e) None

Ans:A

107. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana will be launched from which district of India?

a) Varanasi

b) Lucknow

c) Ballia

d) Hathras

e) None

Ans:C

108. Which state government has recently declared 10% reservation quota for Economically

Backward

Classes (EBCs) in general category?

a) Odisha

b) Tripura

c) Gujarat

d) Sikkim

e) None

Ans:C

109. Identify her, who was born in Telangana and upon migration to UK in 1970, elected as Mayor of

Lambeth city, South London on 27 April 2016.

a) Ameera Khan

b) Saleha Jaffer

c) Anirudhi Kher

d) None of these


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e) All

Ans:B

110. who among the following has been appointed as the secretary of department of Expenditure in

the finance ministry.

a) Sudesh Verma

b) Ashok Lavasa

c) P S Sachan

d) Ratan Watal

e) None

Ans:B

111. who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of Odisha Skill Development

Authority.

a) Kuldeep Sharma

b) Amita Pawan

c) Subroto Bagchi

d) Kuldeep Sharma

e) None

Ans:C

112. With which countrys three state- owned firms did Reliance Defence sign a strategic

partnership agreement on 29 April 2016?

a) Ukranian

b) Russia

c) Moldova

d) Maldives

e) None

Ans:A

113. FDI during April to February has reached which value

a. USD 35.53 b

b. 35.53 b


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c. 37.53 b

d. None

e. 37.89 b

Ans:C

114. Recently Romesh Sharma passed away in New Delhi, he was a

a) Veteran Author

b) Former Athlete

c) Former Cricketer

d) Former Minister

e) None

Ans:D

115. A group of researchers from which university built the world's smallest working engine named

as Actuating Nano-Transducers?

a) University of California

b) University of Pennsylvania

c) University of Cambridge

d) Indian Institute of Science

e) None

Ans:C

116. Scientist have discovered a new reef system which is the largest river by discharge of water in

the world where is it located.

a)

Brahmaputrab) Amazon

c) Tigris

d) Ganga

e) None

Ans:B

117. Which film on 3 May 2016 won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film?

a) Masaan

b) Baahubali: The Beginning


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c) Bajirao Mastani

d) Visaranai

e) None

Ans:B

118. Name the actor who on 3 May 2016 was conferred the National Film Award for Best Actor?

a) Ranveer Singh for Bajirao Mastani

b) Amitabh Bachchan for Piku

c) Allu Arjun for Race Gurram

d) Mahesh Babu for Dookudu

e) None

Ans:B

119. Name Maharashtras well-known businessman-politician also called The Man with the Golden

Shirt by his friends, who has earned a place in the Guinness World Records (GWR) for owning the

most expensive gold shirt in the world costing 9835099 rupees.

a) Pankaj Parakh

b) Rahul Parakh

c) Siddharth Parakh

d) None of the above

e) All

Ans:A

120. Name the district of West Bengal whose residents will be voting on 5 May 2016 for the first

time since Independence of India, that is, 15 August 1947.

a) Coochbehar

b) Malda

c) Bankura

d) Murshidabad

e) None

Ans:A

121. Real estate (Regulation and Development Act) comes into force which date.


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a. May 4

b. May 3

c. May 2

d. May 1

e. None

Ans:D

122. Who on 3 May 2016 was appointed Managing Director (MD) of Bharti Retail?

a) Rakesh Biyani

b) Yusuf Siddiqui

c) John Matthews

d) Kishore Biyani

e) None

Ans:D

123. Who on 2 May 2016 publicly identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin?

a) Craig Steven Wright

b) Satoshi Nakamoto

c) Joseph Thomas

d) None

e) All

Ans:A

124. Who has resigned from TATA steel as a sports executive

a. Charles Borromeo

b. Prakash Padukone

c) Mary Kom

d. None

e. All

Ans:A


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125 Which of the following Union Ministry on 3 April 2016 launched EXIM Analytics Dashboard to

provide an easy access to detailed trade data of the country?

a) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

b) Ministry of Finance

c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs

d) Ministry of Disinvestment

e) None

Ans:A

126. Name the country that in May 2016 ordered a Canadian Robert Penner living and working in

the country to leave the country within two days after he criticised the government on social media.

a) Bangladesh

b) Pakistan

c) Nepal

d) China

e) None

Ans:C

127. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on 3 May 2016 confirmed that he would call an election

within the next week to be held on 2 July 2016. Turnbull is the Prime Minister of which country?

a) New Zealand

b) Australia

c) Singapore

d) Malaysia

e) None

Ans:B

128. Name the snooker player who on 2 May 2016 won World Championship title of Snooker in

Sheffield.

a) Ronnie O'Sullivan

b) Mark Williams

c) Ding Junhui


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d) Mark Selby

e) None

Ans:D

129. Name the cricketer who in the first week of May 2016 signed as brand ambassador for Hublot

watches.

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) Rohit Sharma

c) Virat Kohli

d) Shikhar Dhawan

e) None

Ans:B

130. New Zealand ace batesman Kane Williamson was confirmed as the -------- test cricket of the NZ

cricket team

a. 30

b. 27

c. 28

d. 29

e. 20

Ans:D

131. Which country bateman scord a record 21 ball century in April 2016.

a. Trinidad

b. Trinidad and Tobago

c. Tobago

d. Both a & c

e. None

Ans:B

132. Who among the following was appointed as a current player representative in the ICC Cricket

Committee for a 3-year term?


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a) Rahul Dravid

b) Mahela Jayawardena

c) Anil Kumble

d) Mark Taylor

e)None

Ans:A

133. Who was re-elected as the chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee for another 3-year term

until 2018?

a) Shashank Manohar

b) Anil Kumble

c) Tim May

d) Ravi Shastri

e) None

Ans:B

134. Which of the countries has passed the bill on opioid abuse recently

a) France

b) Canada

c) United States

d) United Kingdom

e) None

Ans:C

135. Who won Super Middleweight contest for the six consecutive time recently.

a) Andrzej Soldra

b) Lu Guang

c) Vijender Singh

d) Sangram Singh

e) None

Ans:C


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136. Who of the following won his first Italian Open Men's Singles Tennis title?

a) Roger Federer

b) Andy Murray

c) Novak Djokovic

d) Rafael Nadal

e) None

Ans:B

137. Who of the following won Italian Open Women's Singles Tennis title?

a) Victoria Azarenka

b) Ana Ivanovic

c) Maria Sharapova

d) Serena Williams

e) None

Ans:D

138. Who of the following womens squash team was the winner of the 18th Asian Team squash

championships played at Taipei in Chinese Taipei?

a) Indian team

b) Malaysian team

c) Pakistani team

d) Hong Kong team

e) None

Ans:B

139. Who of the following mens squash team was the winner of the 18th Asian Team squash

championships played at Taipei in Chinese Taipei?

a) Indian team

b) Malaysian team

c) Pakistani team

d) Hong Kong team


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e) None

Ans:C

140. Name the Dutch teenager who became Formula One's youngest race winner after winning the

Spanish Grand Prix.

a) Kimi Raikkonen

b) Max Verstappen

c) Giedo van der Garde

d) Michael Bleekemolen

Ans:B

141. Name the former Test cricketer, the first Indian to score a memorable ton in his debut innings,who died Ahmedabad aged 87.

a) Deepak Shodhan

b) MJ Gopalan

c) Rustomji Jamshedji

d) Vinoo Mankad

e) None

Ans:A

142. What was the theme of the 2016 International Day of Families that is celebrated annually on

15 May?

a) Men in charge? Gender equality and children's rights in contemporary families

b) Advancing Social Integration and Intergenerational Solidarity

c) Families, healthy lives and sustainable future

d) Families and Persons with Disabilities

e) None

Ans:C

143. Which of the following are not the benefit of the direct tax avoidance agreement.

a) Exemption from taxes

b) TDS c) Tax credit

d) Double tax


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e) None

Ans:D

144. Malaysias largest power utility film has picked 30% equity stake in GMR energy what is its

name.

a) TDB

b) TCB

c) TJB

d) TNB

e) None

Ans:D

145. The ministry of railways has discontinued dual freight policy for transportation of which items.

a) Iron ore pellets

b) iron ore

c) both a & b

d) None

Ans:C

146. The scientists of which country built the worlds first scanning helium microscope to study

human, animal and plant samples in pristine form?

a) Germany

b) Canada

c) New Zealand

d) Australia

e) None

Ans:D

147. Which country launched the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite on board the Long March 2-D

rocket?

a) Japan

b) South Korea

c) China


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d) Malaysia

e) None

Ans:C

148. Name the South Korean author who won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her

novel 'The

Vegetarian'.

a) Ann Goldstein

b) Han Kang

c) Elena Ferrante

d) Orhan Pamuk

e) None

Ans:B

149. Name the Indian Ph.D student who bagged the European Materials Research Societys (EMRSs)

Young Scientist Award at the EMRS 2016 Spring Meeting Lille France.

a) Partha Pratim Majumdar

b) Nandini Bhandaru

c) Usha Barwale

d) Paramjit Khurana

e) None

Ans:B

150. Name the Indian Ph.D student who bagged the European Materials Research Societys (EMRSs)

Young Scientist Award at the EMRS 2016 Spring Meeting Lille France.

a) Partha Pratim Majumdar

b) Nandini Bhandaru

c) Usha Barwale

d) Paramjit Khurana

e) None

Ans:B


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151. Who of the following Indian peacekeepers will not be honoured with Dag Hammarskjold Medal

by UN International Peace Keeping Organisation?

a) Head Constable Shubhkaran Yadav

b) Subedar Jagjeevan Ram

c) Rifleman Manish Malik

d) Havildar Amal Deka

e) None

Ans:B

152. Who has topped the 2015 civil service examination.

a) Jasmeet singh sandhu

b) Athar Amair UI Shafi khan

c) Tina Dabi

d) Both

e) None

Ans:C

153. India will soon have a list of which of the category of offenders.

a) Molestation

b) murder

c) rape

d) Both a & c

e) None

Ans:D

154. What is the name of the worlds first robot lawyer that was hired by a US law firm?

a) ROSS

b) TOSS

c) DOSS

d) MOSS

e) None


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Ans:A

155. Who was sworn in as the acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court?

a) Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei

b) Justice Deepak Kumar Gupta

c) Justice Dinesh Maheshwari

d) Justice Vineet Saran

e) None

Ans:A

156. Who was recently appointed the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court?

a) Justice Deepak Gupta

b) Justice Vaiphie

c) Justice Kumar Vyomkesh

d) Justice Navin Sinha

e) None

Ans:A

157. Who resigned as president of BCCI on May 10th2016.

a) Mr clean

b) Shashank Manohar

c) Jagmohan dalmia

d) None

e) a & b

Ans:B

158. Name the UNDP project that has turned testimonies of displaced people in Ukraine into

books.

a) Living Library

b) Displaced Library

c) Library of Displaced

d) Library of Livings


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e) None

Ans:A

159. Name the new fund that will be launched at UN World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul,

Turkey in May 2016.

a) Education is waiting

b) Educate the deprived

c) Education Cannot Wait


e) All

Ans:C

160. British Royals launched the Heads Together campaign to tackle stigma of

a) HIV/AIDS

b) Mental health

c) Disability

d) Suicide

e) None

Ans:B

161. Which of the following countries has defeated at the Uber cup badminton tournament?

a) Malaysia

b) China

c) India

d) Japan

E. Austria

Ans:C

162. Who has led the Indian delegation to Japan on Bullet train.

a) Arun Jaitley

b) Arvind panagaria

c) Suresh prabhu


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d) Venkiah naidu

e) None

Ans:B

163. Which political became the first transgender candidate to win in the Philippines election.

a) Geraldine Roman

b) Imelda Roman

c) Gerlandine Roman

d) All

e) None

Ans:A

164. Who of the following is not a part of the three-member Indian women's archery team who

were named for the Rio Olympics?

a) Deepika Kumari

b) Bombayla Devi

c) Laxmirani Majhi

d) Dola Banerjee

e) None

Ans:D

165. Which country won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, the longest-running annual

international TV song competition?

a) Ireland

b) Ukraine

c) Sweden

d) France

e) None

Ans:B

166. Identify the pair that won the 2016 Italian Open womens doubles title.

a) Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis


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b) Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic

c) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci

d) Kvta Peschke Katarina Srebotnik

e) None

Ans:A

167. India first green rail track will be spread over 114 km in which state

(a) Gujarat

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Goa

(d) Tamil Nadu

(e) West Bengal

Ans:d

168. Union Water Resources Minister has launched the first trash Skimmer in which river

(a) Ganga

(b) Jamuna

(c) Kashi

(d)Koshi

(e) None of these

Ans:b

169. Union govt. is planning to provide mobile connectivity to 55669 villages by

(a) 2019

(b) 2020

(c) 2022

(d) 2025

(e) 2030

Ans:a

170. Five day festival of 155Th

birth anniversary of poet R.N. Tagove was organised recently inwhich country


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(a) USA

(b) UK

(c) Israel

(d) China

(e) Egypt

Ans:e

171. BHEL has commissioned a 500 mw thermal plant recently in which state

(a) Odisha

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Jharkhand

(d) Karnataka

(e) Andhra Pradesh

Ans:c

172. How many Indian satellites are operational new by ISRO?

(a) 44

(b) 54

(c) 24

(d) 34

(e) 64

Ans:d

173. Highest number of Indian satellites by ISRO operating now are in which fields

(a) Communication

(b) Earth observation

(c) Remote sensing

(d) Navigation

(e) None of these

Ans:a


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174. India has agreed to pay 1.5% interest on the $ 6.5 billion oil due to which country

(a) Saudi Arab

(b) Iraq

(c) Iran

(d) Kuwait

(e) None of these

Ans:c

175. Which country has approved Ambani led Reliance Power to establish a LNG based power

plant there

(a) Pakistan

(b) Afghanistan

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Bangladesh

(e) Nepal

Ans:d

176. Union Cabinet has given approval to the renewed Agreement for Scientific and

Technological Cooperation with

(a) USA

(b) UK

(c) EU

(d) ASEAN

(e) SAARC

Ans:c

177. EU agreed to grant conditional visa to the which country to access euro zone

(a) Italy

(b) France

(c) Germany

(d) Turkey


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(e) None of these

Ans:d

178. USA Congress has initiated move to stop $ 450 million and to which country

(a) India

(b) Israel

(c) Pakistan

(d) Lebanon

(e) None of these

Ans:c

179. Which international agency has launched the Zika response Multi Partner Trust Fund?

(a) WHO

(b) UNO

(c) EU

(d) ASEAN

(e) SAARC

Ans:b

180. What is Indian position in the FDI confidence index

(a) 7th

(b) 6th

(c) 9th

(d) 8th

(e) 5th

Ans:b

181. Which bank has decided to introduce performance management system for Rs. 1.7 lakh

employees?

(a) ICICI

(b) HDFC

(c) SBI


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(d) UCO

(e) IOB

Ans:c

182. Which Indian pvt. sector bank has signed MOU with BRICS for partnership in bond issue

(a) Axis

(b) ICICI

(c) HDFC

(d) Bandhan

(e) IDFC

Ans:b

183. Which is Indias largest cooperative bank?

(a) BMB

(b) MUDRA

(c) NABARD

(d) SARASWAT

(e) None of these

Ans:d

184. Which state govt. has launched a scheme to grant financial assistance upto Rs. 25 lakh to

MSME for potent registration

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Haryana

(d) Gujarat

(e) Maharashtra

Ans:c

185. Which bank has decided to open an international banking union at the IFSC in Gandhinagar

in Gujarat?

(a) IDFC


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(b) HDFC

(c) IDBI

(d) NABARD

(e) ICICI

Ans:c

186. SEBI has given in principle approval to which bank to its act as custodian of securities

(a) IBBI

(b) ICICI

(c) Axis

(d) Yes Bank

(e) Bandhan

Ans:d

187. Sadiq Khan has been elected as the 1stMuslim Mayor of

(a) Washington

(b) New York

(c) London

(d) Paris

(e) None of these

Ans:c

188. Sunil Lamba will be the next chief of

(a) Indian Army

(b) Indian Navy

(c) IAF

(d) DRDO

(e) SFC

Ans:b

189. Enda Kenny has been re-elected as the Prime Minister of


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(a) England

(b) Italy

(c) Ireland

(d) Iceland

(e) Germany

Ans:c

190. Which PSU bank has been awarded the Excellence Award for empowering MSME in 2016?

(a) CBI

(b) UCO

(c) Corporation Bank

(d) HDFC

(e) ICICI

Ans:c

191. Astronomers from which country have discovered a faint blue galaxy about 30 million light

years from earth which could three new light on the origin of Universe

(a) France

(b) China

(c) USA

(d) India

(e) Japan

Ans:c

192. The most powerful and advance military exercise named Red Flag is conducted by

which country each year in which Indian Air Force participated this year

(a) USA

(b) Russia

(c) France

(d) Japan

(e) China


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Ans:a

193. What is Indian rank in the Renewable Energy Attractiveness Index?

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

(e) 5

Ans:c

194. Who heads the Bank Board Bureau?

(a) Raghuram Rajan

(b) Y.V. Singh

(c) Vinod Rai

(d) R. Gandhi

(e) H.R. Khan

Ans:c

195. Which bank get award for MSME funding?

(a) SBI

(b) UCO

(c) Andhra Bank

(d) IOB

(e) BOB

Ans:b

196. Rome based International Fund for Agricultural Development will provide a loan worth what

amount to India to aid the farm sector

(a) $ 100 million

(b) $ 150 million

(c) $ 200 million

(d) $ 250 million


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(e) $ 300 million

Ans:b

197. SEBI has recently tightened its norm for investment in Indian economy by

(a) FDI

(b) FII

(c) P Notes

(d) Both (a) & (b)

(e) None of these

Ans:c

198. Who has been reappointed as the chairman of ICC for a second 3 year term

(a) Sunil Gavaskar

(b) Kapil Dev

(c) Sachin Tendulkar

(d) Anil Kumble

(e) None of these

Ans:d

199. SEBI has approved the appointment of Ashok Chawla as Chairman of

(a) NSE

(b) MOX

(c) BSE

(d) IRDA

(e) None of these

Ans:a

200. A Bicycle Highway the first of its kind will be developed in which state

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) West Bengal


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(d) Odisha

(e) Bihar

Ans:a

201. The 4Th South Asian Initiative to End Violence Against Children Ministerial meeting was

recently held in

(a) Tokyo

(b) Colombo

(c) New Delhi

(d) Islamabad

(e) Kathmandu

Ans:c

202. Jeo Money wallet has been launched recently by which mobile company

(a) Reliance

(b) Tata

(c) Airtel

(d) Aircel

(e) None of these

Ans:a

203. National Technology Day is observed on

(a) 11th

May

(b) 10thMay

(c) 15thMay

(d) 12thMay

(e) 8thMay

Ans:a

204. Indian Navy has launched the Integrated Harbour Defence & Surveillance System in

(a) Goa

(b) Visakhapatnam


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(c) Paradeep

(d) Karwar

(e) Mumbai

Ans:b

205. WPI inflation rise by 0.34% in India after a gap of how many months

(a) 12

(b) 10

(c) 14

(d) 17

(e) 20

Ans:d

206. SEBI has issued new listing guideline for

(a) FDI

(b) FII

(c) IITs

(d) MBFC

(e) Banks

Ans:c

207. Kepler Space mission has been launched by

(a) Russia

(b) USA

(c) France

(d) China

(e) India

Ans:b

208. UN Secretary General has appointed Mary Robbinson and Macharia Kamau as UN

special envoy for

(a)Terrorism


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(b) Financial Crises

(c) EI Nino & Climate

(d) Refugee

(e) None of these

Ans:c

209. Indian women Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi who have qualified

for the Rio Olympic are associated with which sport?

(a) Boxing

(b) Archery

(c) Chess

(d) Gymnastic

(e) None of these

Ans:b

210. Cyclone storm Roanu that hit recently in Bay of Bengal get its name from which country

(a) India

(b) Maldives

(c) Myanmar

(d)Sri Lanka

(e) Bangladesh

Ans:b

211. Measurement in a Dynamic World was the theme of this years World Metrology Day

observed on

(a) 20thMay

(b) 19thMay

(c) 18thMay

(d) 17th

May

(e) 16thmay

Ans:a


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212. What is the position of iconic Taj Mahal in the top tourist spots in the world published

recently?

(a) 4th

(b) 5

th

(c) 3rd

(d) 2nd

(e) 1St

Ans:b

213. India has cited the example of which country who is a member of NSG without signing NPT

in face of Chinese opposition to Indian membership in NSG

(a) UK

(b) USA

(c) France

(d) Germany

(e) Italy

Ans:c

214. In the post 2014 general election the number of National Political Party has been

reduced to

(a) 5

(b) 4

(c) 3

(d) 6

(e) 7

Ans:c

215. International rating agency Moody rated Indian GDP growth rate for 2016-17 at

(a) 6%

(b) 6.5%

(c) 7%

(d) 7.5%


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(e) 8%

Ans:d

216. Apple Inc has declared to set up a ios App Design and Development Accelerator in

(a) Hyderabad

(b) New Delhi

(c) Mumbai

(d) Bengaluru

(e) None of these

Ans:c

217. Tsai-Ing-Wen has been sworn in as the first women President of which country

(a) China

(b) Tiwan

(c) Japan

(d) Indonesia

(e) Myanmar

Ans:b

218. India has successfully tested its swedeshi space shuttle with reusable technology recently

from

(a) Chandipur

(b) Dhamra

(c) Thumba

(d) Sriharikota

(e) None of these

Ans:d

219. Who has been elected as the President of BCCI?

(a) Deepak Chopra

(b) N. Srinivas

(c) Jagmohan Dalmiya


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(d) Anurag Thakur

(e) Ajay Shirlke

Ans:d

220. Indias 1st IPS officer Kiran Bedi has been appointed as the Lt. Governor of

(a) Andaman

(b) Lakshadweep

(c) Puduchery

(d) Delhi

(e) None of these

Ans:c

221. PM Modi during his visit to Iran signed the Chabahar port agreement worth

(a) $ 200 million

(b) $ 300 million

(c) $ 500 million

(d) $ 600 million

(e) $ 800 million

Ans:c

222. Which country has imposed restriction on visa for skilled workers from India recently?

(a) USA

(b) UK

(c) Europe

(d) Canada

(e) France

Ans:d

223. Defence Minister Manohar Parikar during his recent visit to which country signed 4

agreements on defence, maritime crime, etc.

(a) Iran

(b) Oman


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(c) Libya

(d) Syria

(e) Iraq

Ans:b

224. India has issued travel warning to Indian citizen from visiting which country due to

security threat

(a) Syria

(b) Libya

(c) Iraq

(d) Iran

(e) Oman

Ans:b

225. USA has recently lifter sanction on which country?

(a) Vietnam

(b) Singapore

(c) Indonesia

(d) Pakistan

(e) Afghanistan

Ans:a

226. Which bank will issue 9 cr. equity share to raise fund from the QIB?

(a) SBI

(b) PNB

(c) IOB

(d) BOB

(e) None of these

Ans:c

227. Indian Post Payment Bank will start operation from

(a) July 2016


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(b) September 2016

(c) January 2017

(d) April 2017

(e) March 2017

Ans:d

228. India, Myanmar and Thailand are all set to sign a trilateral agreement on

(a) Trade

(b) Defence

(c) Road Connectivity

(d) Terrorist

(e) None of these

Ans:c

229. On coming of power which state CM has declared a farm loan waiver & free power to

farmers

(a) West Bengal

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Kerala

(d) Assam

(e) None of these

Ans:b

230. Indian Pankaj Advani who won the Asian championship recently is associated with which

sport

(a) Shooting

(b) Archery

(c) Snooker

(d) Chess

(e) None of these

Ans:c


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231. Which country won the 2016 Thomas cup badminton?

(a)USA

(b) Norway

(c) Denmark

(d) Italy

(e) India

Ans:c

232. Worlds first humanitation summit was held recently at

(a) New Delhi

(b) Dacca

(c) Islamabad

(d) Istanbul

(e)Colombo

Ans:d

233. Govt. will start auctioning of 67 discovered marginal oil & gas fields from

(a) 1stJune

(b) 15thJune

(c) 1stJuly

(d) 15thJuly

(e) 1stAugust

Ans:d

234. The Islamic Development Bank from which country has decided to open its branch in India

(a) Oman

(b) Dubai

(c) UAE

(d) Iran

(e) Saudi Arab


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Ans:e

235. The Islamic Development Bank will start its operation in India with its first branch in

(a) Mumbai

(b) Kochi

(c) Ahmadabad

(d) Delhi

(e) Gandhinagar

Ans:b

236. India and World Bank have signed the loan and project agreement for World Bank assistance

of $ 100 million for the water supply modernisation project in which state

(a) Bihar

(b) Karnataka

(c) Gujarat

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Odisha

Ans:b

237. Which Indian Financial Institution has been ranked 7th among the worlds ten biggest

consumer financial service company?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) HDFC Bank

(c) AXIS Bank

(d) YES Bank

(e) Induslnd Bank

Ans:b

238. R.G. Jadhav who passed away recently is a noted

(a) Writer

(b) Director

(c) Actor


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(d) Scientist

(e) None of these

Ans:a

239. Mamta Banerjee who has been sworn in as the CM of West Bengal for 2 nd time belong

to which party

(a) NDA

(b) UPA

(c) TMC

(d) DMK

(e) AGP

Ans:c

240. Which team won the 2016 UEFA championship?

(a) Argentina

(b) Germany

(c) Real Madrid

(d) Italy

(e) None of these

Ans:c

241. Who has been named as Indias head coach for the Zimbabwe tour by BCCI?

(a) Rahul Dravid

(b) Sachin Tendulkar

(c) B.S. Bedi

(d) Sanjay Bangar

(e) None of these

Ans:d

242. Pakke Tiger Reserve which won the Indian Biodiversity Award 2016 is in which state

(a) Manipur

(b) Arunachal Pradesh


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(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) None of these

Ans:b

243. IAF has successfully tested the land attack version of which missile from Pokhran recently

(a) Agni-II

(b) Prithvi

(c) BrahMos

(d) Akash

(e) Nag

Ans:c

244. Which day is observed as UN Peacekeeper Day internationally?

(a) 21stMay

(b) 23rd

May

(c) 26thMay

(d) 29thMay

(e) 30thMay

Ans:d

245. PM Modi has announced to increase the retirement age of govt. doctors to

(a) 60 yrs

(b) 62 yrs

(c) 65 yrs

(d) 68 yrs

(e) 70 yrs

Ans:c

246. ICGS Arush is a

(a) Super Computer


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(b) Computer Virus

(c) Potral Vessel

(d) SPV

(e) None of these

Ans:c

247. As per the report of CSE there is large scale presence of KbrO 3 in

(a) Maggie noodles

(b) Bread

(c) Fast Food

(d) Vegetables

(e) All of these

Ans:b

248. Supreme Court of India has relaxed the bail conditions for the arrested marines from

(a)France

(b) Italy

(c) Brazil

(d) USA

(e) Russia

Ans:b

249. Central govt. has approved the establishment of National Investment and Manufacturing

zone in which state recently

(a) Gujarat

(b) Bihar

(c) Odisha

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e)West Bengal

Ans:c

250. Worlds first graphene electronic paper has been developed by which country?


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a) India

b) Brazil

c) Japan

d) China

e) None

Ans:D

251. India has recently signed MoU with which country to provide $100 million credit line for

infrastructure fund?

a) Nepal

b) Indonesia

c) Papua New Guinea

d) New Zealand

e) None

Ans:C

252. Who was named as the Indias ambassador in Rio Olympics 2016 along with Salman Khan on 29

April

2016?

a) Sachin Tendulkar

b) AR Rahman

c) Milka Singh

d) Abhinav Bindra

e) None

Ans:D

253. Which Cricket ground was decided by IPL team Mumbai Indians as their Home ground on 28

April

2016?

a) Visakhapatnam

b) Kochi

c) Rajkot


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d) Gawhati

e) None

Ans:A

254. Who is the author of the book Param Vir: A War Diary?

a) Nitish Ahujha

b) Sandeep Jain

c) Manju Lodha

d) Navtej Sarna

e) None

Ans:C

255. MICE, an initiative based on meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions that was

launched by Union Government is related to

a) Tourism

b) Science and Development

c) Namami Gange project


Ans:A

256. Name the former Jana Sangh President who died on 2 May 2016 in New Delhi.

a) Balraj Madhok

b) Bachhraj Vyas

c) Raghu Vira

d) Prem Nath Dogra

e) None

Ans:A

257. Which Indian was the only sport person to represent India in the London 2012 olympic in the

field of Judo.

a. Garima Gupta

b. Garima Chaudhary

c. Anish Chaudhary


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d. All

e. None

Ans:B

258. International Jazz day 2016 was observed across the world on which date.

a. 2 May

b. 1 May

c. 31 May

d. 30 May

e. None

Ans:D

259. Union Minister of State Piyush Goyal on 4 May 2016 launched Contract Labour Payment

Management System portal for which public sector undertaking?

a) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)

b) Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC)

c) Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCI)

d) Coal India Limited (CIL)

e) None

Ans:D

260. The European Central Bank will permanently end production and issuance of which of the

following

banknotes, as announced on 4 May 2016?

a) 50 euro

b) 500 euro

c) 5000 euro

d) 100 euro

e) None

Ans:B

261. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 4 May 2016 gave its approval for development

of two laning with formation of four lane of Shimla Bypass located on


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a) National Highway 1

b) National Highway 4

c) National Highway 22

d) National Highway 24

Ans:C

262. Identify the room disinfectant for silkworm rearing houses and appliances that was

commercialized by the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) in May 2016.

a) House Spray

b) Clean Hit

c) Ghar Sodhon

d) None of these

e) All

Ans:C

263. Patronet LNG has resigned a revised pact with which company

a) Rasgas

b) ONGC

c) Rasmas

d) Both a & c

e) None

Ans:A

264. The Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was announced in May 2016 by

recognizing the scientists and engineers who contributed to the momentous detection of

a) Frictional Pull

b) Kinetic Drift

c) Infra red Rays

d) Gravitational Waves

e) None

Ans:D


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265. Which company has emerged as a defence private sector firm with the largest number of

permits across the spectrum.

a) Reliance defence

b) Honeywell

c)

TASLd) None

e) All

Ans:A

266. Name the Indian State that in May 2016 won the World Summit on the Information Society

(WSIS) 2016 prize in e-Agriculture category.

a) Haryana

b) Andhra Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Punjab

e) None

Ans:B

267. The Union Cabinet on 4 May 2016 approved the signing of Memorandum of Co-operation

between Ministry of Women & Child Development and

a) CARE International

b) Amnesty International

c) International Committee of the Red Cross

d) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

e) None

Ans:D

268. Which state government will launch Nagaroday Abhiyan on the lines of Gramoday Se Bharat

Uday Abhiyan in July-August 2016?

a) Madhya Pradesh Government

b) Haryana Government

c) Punjab Government

d) Bihar Government

e) None


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Ans:A

269. Name the e-enabled application that was launched by Indian railways for proper monitoring of

all the Railway projects throughout the country.

a) Project Management & Information System

b) Project Monitoring System

c) Project Maintenance System

d) None of These

e) All

Ans:A

270. Which of the following states has emerged as the most film friendly state in the country at 63rdNational film awards in New Delhi

a) Tamil nadu

b) Maharashtra

c) Gujrat

d) Karnataka

e) None

Ans:C

271. Religious freedom in India in 2015 was in the negative trajectory according to USCRIF which

stands for.

a) United states council for industrial regional finance

b) US commission for international religious freedom

c) UN commission for international religious freedom

d) None

Ans:B

272. What was the theme of the 2016 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day that

is observed annually on 17 May?

a) Telecommunications and ICTs: Drivers of innovation

b) Broadband for Sustainable Development


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c) ICT Entrepreneurship for Social Impact


e) All

Ans:C

273. Name the Indian-American who won the one of two Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards

of 50000 US dollar for developing a low-cost electronically aided knee brace.

a) Rajeev Jha

b) Syamantak Payra

c) Swetha Revanur

d) Prashant Godishala

e) None

Ans:B

274. State-run power producer NTPC Limited formed Joint Venture with which company to revive

plants of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL)?

a) Oil India Corporation

b) Coal India Limited

c) Indian Oil Corporation Limited

d) Engineer India Limited

e) None

Ans:B

275. The SBI proposed to merge which public sector bank with itself along with its 5 associate

banks?

a) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

b) Andhra Bank

c) Bank of Baroda

d) Union Bank of India

e) None

Ans:A


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276. Which bank launched the SmartUp platform to offer banking and payment solutions to start-

ups?

a) ICICI Bank

b) HDFC Bank

c) State Bank of India

d) Axis Bank

e) None

Ans:B

277. Which of the following acts provides the establishment of CBDT

a) The central board of revenue act 1987

b) The central board of revenue act 1963

c) The central board of revenue act 1985

d) The central board of revenue act 1967

e) None

Ans:B

278. Which of the following banks has planned to close its corporate retail and institutional

operations in

India recently.

a) HSBC

b) American Express

c) RBS

d) Citibank

e) None

Ans:C

279. Which of the following organisation has given its approval to 29 banking agencies to accept

payment

of income tax dues.

a) IDBI

b) RBI


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c) SBI

d) CBEC

e) None

Ans:B

280. Identify one of the discoverers of Neptune's rings who died recently.

a) Andre Brahic

b) William Hubbard

c) Zard William


e) All

Ans:A

281. Himalayan brown beers came into news after being sighted for the first time after 1999 in

a) Kargil

b) Tundah

c) Dachigam

d) Kupwara

e) None

Ans:A

282. Researchers of which American university developed worlds first zika virus clone?

a) University of Pennsylvania

b) Harvard University

c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

d) University of Texas

e) None

Ans:D

283. Which Indian artist won prize at the 2016 UN poster contest on N-disarmament?

a) Neelima Mehta


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b) Anjali Chandrashekar

c) Rani Sharma

d) Sudesh Naik

e) None

Ans:B

284. Name the person who will head the five member committee that was constituted by

government to give recommendations on the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM)

roadmap for the future.

a) Sumit Bose

b) Arvind Subramanian

c) Urijit Patel

d) NK Singh

e) None

Ans:D

285. Which of the following point is not true in context of Draft National Policy for Women that was

unveiled for consultation by Union government?

a) Create eco-systems to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women

b) Create a society in which women attain their full potential

c) Replace National Policy for Empowerment of Women, 2011

d) Guide Government action on Womens issues over next 15-20 years

e) None

Ans:C

286. How many members are there on the board of the CBDT.

a) 5

b) 4

c) 6

d) 7

e) 10

Ans:B


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287. Who of the following is the first Chief of Air Staff to fly the indigenously designed and produced

Light

Combat Aircraft Tejas?

a) Pradeep Vasant Naik

b) Arup Raha

c) Norman Anil Kumar Browne

d) Fali Homi Major

e) None

Ans:C

288. Which of the following football clubs won La Liga Champions Parade 2016?

a) Deportivo

b) Real Madrid

c) Barcelona FC

d) Granada

e) None

Ans:C

289. Name the athlete who created history by breaking the national record in women's 3000m

steeplechase event.

a) Anjum Chopra

b) Sudha Singh

c) Lalita Babar

d) Geeta Singh

e) None

Ans:B

290. Name the first Scorpene class submarine that went to sea for the first time on 1 May 2016.

a) Rahav

b) Tannin

c) Kalvari


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d) Khanderi

e) None

Ans:C

291. Russia launched its first rocket from its vostochny Cosmodrome in far east. What is the name

of the rocket.

a) Soyuz 2.1 a

b) Soyuz 2.1 c

c) Soyuz 2.1 b

d) None

e. All

Ans:C

292. ISRO on 28th

April launched the seventh navigation satellite into sub GTO. What it is called

a) IRNSS 1C

b) IRNSS 1A

c) IRNSS 1B

d) IRNSS 1G

e) None

Ans:D

293. ISRO will be launching 22 satellites from PSLV-C34. What are the two nano satellites to be

launched called.

a) Swayam, Satyabamasat

b) Sarva, Swayam

c) Swayam, Satyabhama

d) None

e) All

Ans:A

294. Name the Indian-American journalist who was felicitated with a prestigious with Edgar A. Poe

award on 1 May 2016 by US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle in Washington.

a) Neela Banerjee


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b) Misha Euceph

c) Indira Somani

d) Nandita Bakhshi

e) None

Ans:A

295. Who among the following has inaugurated LED bulb Ujala Yojana in Bhopal recently.

a) Piyush Goyal

b) Narendra Modi

c) Ashok Sharma

d) Shivaraj Singh

e) None

Ans:A

296. Which state government on 29 April 2016 launched Adi Praman, a web-based application for

tribal caste validity certificate?

a) Odisha Government

b) Assam Government

c) Jharkhand Government

d) Maharashtra Government

e) None

Ans:D

297. Which of the following states government has declared to withdraw the status of the cabinet

minister for former chief ministers.

a) Jharkhand

b. Haryana

c. Himachal

d. Uttarkhand

e. None

Ans:B


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298. Committee headed by which former CEC has suggested IIT should facilitate study of science

and technology in Sanskrit literature,

a) N Gopalaswamy

b) TN Sheshan

c)

S Radhashankard) Both a & c

e) None

Ans:A

299. Name the IISc professor who, as announced on 29 April 2016, was elected the Fellow of The

Royal Society.

a) Sriram Ramaswamy

b) Ramanujan Hegde

c) Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan


e) All

Ans:A

300. Who on 1 May 2016 was appointed the new Senior Vice President - Strategy & New Business

Initiatives of Housing.com?

a) Rahul Yadav

b) Jahmohan Reddy

c) Dilip Tuli

d) Vivek Sharma

e) None

Ans:C

301. Who has been appointed as chief selector of the Sri Lankan cricket team.

a) Sanath Jayasurya

b) Romesh Kaluwitharana

c) Both a & b

d) All

e) None


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Ans:A

302. Which of the following is not part of the agreements that was entered between India and

Papua New Guinea on 29 April 2016?

a) MoU in the Field of Health Care and Medical Science

b) MoU for a USD 100 Million Credit Line for development of infrastructure in the island-nation

c) MoU for cooperation in agricultural research

d) MoU on Air Services Agreement

e) None

Ans:D

303. Which world leader statue had placed at Madam Tussauds.

a) Jawaharlal Nehru

b) VP Singh

c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

d) Narendra Modi

e)None

Ans:D

304. Indian team on 1 May 2016 bagged one silver and two bronze medals at Archery World Cup at

the Yuanshen Stadium in

a) Shanghai

b) Bangkok

c) Myanmar

d) Lausanne

e) None

Ans:A

305. Indian shooters on 1 May 2016 bagged three gold medals and a bronze on the opening day of

the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl of

a) Germany

b) Brazil

c) China


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